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Thursday, 4 February 2010

I got my hair done!

How scared do I look in my before picture in the salon? :)

I initially went in requesting a VERY light caramel brown colour, which the stylist was happy to do, but after careful consideration I decided to stick to the brown tone I already had, but to make it brighter as it would be easier to manage when growing my hair. We also decided that this was the colour best suited for my complexion and eye colour.

Surprisingly my hair feels so much longer even though I had loads cut off, is that even possible?

Most of the photos were taken with flash, in reality the colour is much lighter and more of a golden brown, it looks SO beautiful under natural light. The photo's below were taken without flash, it gives you a good idea of the exact shade.

I can also sweep my hair to the side, which gives me a long side fringe...

Or, I can part it from the middle which gives me lovely layers that frame my face.

I had my hair done complimentary for review purposes at the Puro lifestyle salon and spa which is an Aveda lifestyle salon. The salon is very new offering a huge range of hair services and various treatments, including facials, stone massages and nail treatments. It is situated on 19 Cumberland Place, London (Near Marble Arch Station) W1H 7AS.

What exactly did they do to my hair? I had most of my hair coloured to a shade that was close to my natural colour, the stylist used a different colour on my roots, and a different colour on my ends and then blended them together as the ends of my hair were quite ashy. I had some foil highlights put at the front to add dimension. I had a haircut which basically consisted of chopping off all of my frazzled ends which was A LOT and adding lots of layers and finishing off with a blowdry.

The salon is very sleek, classy and modern. My stylist coincidentally was a Turkish lady called 'Ayten', she was SO lovely, and made me feel very comfortable and relaxed as I was super nervous and scared. She made me aware that this is how she treats everybody and that I wasn't getting any extra special treatment. The great thing about Aveda is all their hair dyes are 'natural', they keep a record of whatever they use on their system, so it's easy the next time you pop in. Contact number for the salon is: 0207 723 5028 Cut and blowdry starts from £45.00.

So. what do you all think of my new hair? :) It's not a drastic change, but I LOVE it! Clearly I'm going to be blogging about hair more often.

The colour looks really strong, deep and healthy. A v.glam look! I'd love to go in to a hair salon, have a cut and feel as if I'm walking away with longer hair. For me, that would be a bargain at almost any price ;-)

Love it ! It really looks beautiful! I've been debating getting tons of layers like this also, for a while now. But i'm worried it will be hard to manage. What do you think? How does it look after a power blow dry compared to styling it?

@OmAbdullah Thank you :)n A power blowdry adds volume and makes the layers look lovely and bouncy. In the photos the stylist blowdried with a slight curl at the end, so curling looks nice to. I think layers are also nice when you have a ponytail as it looks interesing. I personally like choppy layers, it's just a matter of choice, they grow out pretty quick too. X